︎ Jacquelyn Zong-Li Ross is a writer and editor based in Vancouver, the unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, and səlilwətaɬ nations. Her fiction, poetry, essays, and art criticism have appeared in BOMB , C Mag , The Ex-Puritan , Fence , Mousse , and alongside exhibitions and artist projects at The Bows, Centre Clark, Franz Kaka, Mercer Union, SFU Galleries, Susan Hobbes Gallery, and elsewhere. Her chapbooks include Mayonnaise and Drawings on Yellow Paper (with Katie Lyle). She publishes occasional books by emerging artists and writers under the small press Blank Cheque , and is currently the Art Editor of The Capilano Review , a westcoast journal of experimental art and poetics. She is at work on a novel and a collection of short stories.
Contact: jacquelynzross {at} gmail {dot} com
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Selected Writing
2022 Poems written to accompany Umico Niwa’s exhibition, Neighbourly Pest , at Tilling, Montréal
Exhibition text for Gabi Dao & geetha thurairajah at Centre Clark, Montréal
2021
Short story for Minority Vibration, a special issue of The Puritan , guest-edited by Sheung-King
Poetic response to Mira Dayal’s artist book, Hair Biography , for the ee!
Catalogue essay to accompany the exhibition Unfixed: Laurie Kang and Chris Curreri at Gordon Smith Gallery, North Vancouver
2020
Short story for the group exhibition The Pandemic is a Portal at SFU Galleries, Vancouver
Fictional accompaniment to Erdem Taşdelen's public billboard project, Vicissitudes , at Mercer Union, Toronto
2019
Essay on the kind of art that is suspiciously easy to digest for Mousse
~ Lizzie’s Laborufluvs Short story for the exhibition Disputed Bodies at Trinity Square Video, Toronto
~ Death Wish
A not-too dark letter for Agony Klub’s ongoing “death wish” series, modelled after Mike Kelley’s art school entrance letter ~ Four Poems
Light text accoutrements for Sorry, I’m Busy , an exhibition of Capricorn artists at Support Projects, London, Ontario
2018 ~ A Brief History of Feeling
Flash fiction for BOMB Magazine
~ "Wanted: Abject Dreamers for New Study of the Inner Ear $15/hr" A Kijiji ad for please teach me how to swim , an online project organized by Untitled Art Society, Calgary
~ The Picture Files Flash fiction for the online publication Anna Hawkins: Fall Fell Felt at Untitled Art Society, Calgary
~ R.O.Y.G.B.I.V. A poem in Fence
2017
~ Twelve Forecasts More flash fiction for BOMB Magazine ~ How to Look at an Image, or a Black Hole
Essay accompanying the exhibition Semblance & Shadows Like Anxiety by Liza Eurich and Colin Miner at Stride Gallery, Calgary
~ Obliteration Ritual for Katie Lyle
Fictional portrait for Katie Lyle’s exhibition Why Do I Hear the Ocean in My Ear? at The Loon, Toronto
~ Origin Story for Franz Kaka Fiction for a night of readings at Franz Kaka Gallery, Toronto
2016
~ Strange New Health
Fiction for the exhibition Strange New Health by Yi Xin Tong at Katzman Contemporary, Toronto ~ How To Tame A Fly, or: Some Unsolicited Commentary on Jacqueline Kiyomi Gordon’s ‘A
Space for Looking is a Space for Listening’ Exhibition review for Charcuterie
~ Ieva Miseviciute: Character Studies of Primeval Life Forms Artist feature for Mousse
~ Everybody’s Talking about Bone Broth Essay for Laugh Magazine , RCA London
~ Allison Hrabluik: The Splits Exhibition review for C Magazine
~ East Georgia’s Shameless Loiterers Poem for the Somewhat Urgent Series, edited by Steffanie Ling
~ Mystery Dust An essay on the work of Liz Magor for The Capilano Review ’s digital chapbook series ti-TCR ~ I Just Want To Talk About How I Just Want To Dance With You
A series of pamphlets on dance and criticism organized by Alexa Mardon and Brynn McNab at Unit/Pitt Projects, Vancouver
~ Hygiene Tricks & The People At Schick Review of the exhibition Hypnic Jerk by Kara Hansen for The Bartleby Review
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